Nathaniel Parker
1) Artemis Fowl
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Author
Series
Fowl twins volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
One week after their eleventh birthday, the Fowl twins-- scientist Myles, and Beckett, the force of nature-- befriend a troll who has clawed his way through the earth's crust to the surface. Unfortunately the troll is being chased by a nefarious nobleman and an interrogating nun, who both need the magical creature for their own gain, as well as a fairy-in-training who has been assigned to protect him. As the trio get shot at, kidnapped, buried, arrested,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discovering a way to build a super-computer using stolen fairy technology, young criminal mastermind Artemis sets out to blackmail a Chicago businessman but runs into a trap that leaves Butler mortally injured.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenaged criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must save the underwater fairy metropolis of Atlantis from danger, while battling a psychological affliction known as the Atlantis Complex.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 4
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
While preparing to steal a famous Impressionist painting from a German bank, Artemis Fowl has no idea that Opal Koboi has cloned herself and escaped from jail, leaving only Captain Holly Short of the LEPrechon fairy police to save Artemis before Opal seeks revenge on him.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Humans and fairies have been battling for the magical island of Ireland for many years and one fairy family of demons entered a time warp in an effort to change the course of history.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
The abduction and killing of a Government minister's daughter brings Lynley into a lethal web of political and personal unrest. But after another child is kidnapped, the pair must decipher the deceit and pinpoint the murderer to stop a second senseless killing.
Publisher
WGBH Boston
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
"Eugenie Martin, long-estranged from her son Gideon, a brilliant violinist, falls victim to foul play in a particularly grisly manner. On the same evening far across London, Gideon suffers a paralyzing case of stage fright. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Barbara Havers, are dispatched by DSI Webberley himself to solve the crime"--Container.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A party at the Inspector's idyllic Cornwall estate to celebrate his engagement turns into a murder investigation when a local shopkeeper is killed. Lynley and Havers uncover a local drug trafficking operation and the evidence points to Lynley's brother. The twists in the story shed new light on the Inspector and his dysfunctional family.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Language
English
Description
Suave, sophisticated Detective Inspector Lynley and his prickly, plebian sidekick Detective Sergeant Havers are back with two new gripping mysteries in this sixth and final series. But with Lynley struggling to cope with his wife's death -- and Havers struggling with her partner's heavy drinking -- will they be able to focus on solving crime?
17) A village affair
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Alice has a quiet life with her husband and children in a small English village, but when a rich heiress returns from New York Alice finds herself involved in a romantic scandal.
18) David
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the life of the Biblical King David.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The village of Three Pines, a refuge from the modern world in the beautiful Eastern Townships, basks in the tranquil glory of its autumn colors. But the blazing woods conceal the body of a much-loved teacher - shot through the heart with an arrow. A tragic hunting accident or murder? Charismatic Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of officers probe to discover deep layers of deceit, resentment, and murderous rage in the pretty village.
20) The black candle
Publisher
Tango Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Based on the work of author Catherine Cookson, this story is about an independent, 19th century British woman who runs a textile mill. She must clear one of her workers accused of a crime committed by a nobleman.